OBITUARIES JHV | July 12, 2018 | 15

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Mosk & Mosk LLCCertifi ed Public Accountants

5959 West Loop South, Suite 340Bellaire, TX 77401

713-665-MOSK (6675)Denise & Milton Mosk III

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www.moskandmosk.com

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A SMALL OFFICE/HOME COMPUTER SERVICE offering computer and network setup, maintenance and training, hardware/software upgrades, Internet, email, and all aspects of computer use. Call Sam 713-592-8844.

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BESS HOME HEALTHCARE – Provide care for elderly and infirm. Home or hospital setting. Will prepare light meals and light housekeeping. Good references upon request, salary negotiable, own transportation. Call 346-917-4064 or 832-723-8410.

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ROOMMATE WANTED – Newly widowed woman looking for similar (or mature female) to share 3 bedroom house. Roommate would get large bedroom, office, and access to kitchen. Free cable & wifi, $600/monthly plus electric & water. Have a very small sweet Shih Tzu (indoor) dog. Home is located near Katy Freeway & Barker-Cypress exit; call Brenda, 832-880-7722.

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T U T O R I N G

SHIRLEY PLANTOWSKY MUCASEYThe unveiling of the headstone in loving memory of Shirley Plantowsky Mucasey will

take place on Sunday, July 15 at 11a.m. at Beth Jacob Cemetery on Almeda Genoa Rd. Friends and family are welcome to attend.

Unveilings

JOHNNY WEINTRAUB The unveiling for Johnny Weintraub will be held on Sunday, July 15, 2018, at 11 a.m.

at Adath Emeth Cemetery, 1400 Sylvester. Rabbi Barry Gelman will officiate. The family invites friends and relatives to attend in warm remembrance of our beloved husband, father, uncle and friend, who was a true son of Israel.

JOYCE ROBERTA “JR” MILLER-ALPERJoyce Roberta “JR” died Monday, May 1, 2018, in

Houston, Texas. She was the first born to parents Miriam and Samuel Miller in New York, and, along with her parents and sibling moved to South Florida as a child. JR graduated from Carol City Senior High in the first graduating class.

JR earned a Bachelor of Arts in history, a master’s in social studies education, and an education specialist in curriculum and instruction in social studies from the University of Florida, and continued graduate work at various universities over the years. Phi Delta Kappa at UF chose her the Outstanding Graduate in 1989. She was past president of the Houston Gator Club, a graduate of Sugar Land 101 for community leaders, former president of the NSTOY-TX and held office in of SBEA/TSTA/NEA for 30 years. She served on the Social Security Cadre of the National Education Association where she did extensive lobby-ing on the issue. She had been featured in books, including Forrest Parkway’s “Becoming a Teacher,” and had been published and quoted in magazines, newspapers and on television, and assisted in the production of two videos for the League of Women Voters. In 2004 she was the recipient of a grant from the NEA Foundation for Improvement of Education. JR had been listed in the publication “Who’s Who for American Teachers” five times.

JR got her nickname after she moved to Texas and “Dallas” became popular on television. JR was a teacher for 45 years, 35 of which were in SBISD. She started her career with nine years at Buchholz High, Gainesville, Florida. Then, she moved to Texas and spent 22 years at Memorial High teaching Advance Placement Government, among other social studies courses, and 14 years at Academy of Choice, an alternative center for at-risk-students. While at AOC, JR was one of the founders of the Virtual High School, where she wrote and taught the online course for Government. She also taught 13 years at the Rice University Summer Program. For seven years, JR was an adjunct instructor in Government at Wharton County Junior College, and the last three years was an adjunct professor at Houston Community College, teaching Government 2305 and 2306. She was the 1989 Texas Teacher of the Year and nominee for National Teacher of the Year.

Among her numerous honors included: a Fulbright Hayes Federal Grant to India in 1977, a Fulbright Hayes Grant to Zimbabwe and Egypt in 1995, the Elizabeth Brand Excellence Award from the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, the Outstanding Social Studies Teacher Award from the Texas Council of Social Studies in 1993, the Ermalee Boice Instructional Excellence Award from the Texas State Teachers Association, and the Leon Jaworski Award for Teaching Excellence in Law Focused Education from the State Bar of Texas Young Lawyers Association in 2001, and three National Endowment for the Humanities Sumer Grants-to-Mount Vernon, Montpelier and Eatonville. She was also chosen to attend the Street Law Seminar, the Federal Judicial Center, the Dirksen Center, Law Related Education Academy, and Teaching American History Grant.

JR traveled to 131 countries (TCC Count). Two were Vietnam and Cambodia on scholarships by the World Affairs Council of Houston. JR was a grader of AP U.S. Government and Politics examinations for seven years and was a consultant and presenter at AP summer institutes to train new teachers to AP in U.S. Government, as well as one and two day conferences. She also presented at various conferences throughout the nation, including National Council of Social Studies and Texas Computer Educators Association. Appointed by Governor Ann Richards, she served on the Professional Practices Commission for the Education Profession. JR held social studies teacher certification in Texas and Florida.

JR’s interest in politics began with attending a union meeting with her dad, as a young teenager in Miami. She interned for Congressman Don Fuqua (D: FL) in the summer of 1978. Afterward she became a precinct judge in Florida. In Texas she served in various political capaci-ties, and worked in numerous campaigns. She attended numerous state and one national politi-cal party convention. She gave the “political bug” to her husband, Stephen, but her goal in life was to spread that epidemic to the youth.

JR is preceeded in death by her parents, Miriam and Samuel Miller, and her husband, Stephen Kupple Alper. JR leaves behind her sister, Gail Penny Verstraten; and her brother-in-law, Kevin Verstraten; her stepdaughter, Elizabeth Alper Dutterer and her husband, Jason; her nephews, Benjamin Burke and his wife, Virginia, Timothy Verstraten and Christopher Verstraten; her niece, Catherine Verstraten Catlett and her husband, Chad. She also leaves behind her Aunt Marcy Steinberg, her Uncle Les Frank and wife, Ellen; numerous cousins, grandniece and grand-nephews, extended family, many close friends in various parts of the world, especially in France, and former colleagues.

A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, July 29 in Houston.– Houston Jewish Funerals

BERTE TOPPELLThere were firecrackers when Berte Toppell was born

on Jan. 1, 1922. She grew up in the annes follèe, the crazy years of the Jazz Age. She was the last of six children born to Kalman and Ita Luft. Like most Americans born in this era, they were rocked by the post WWl exuberance with its flappers and speak-easies of Prohibition and the dizzying fall into the depths of the Great Depression. After graduation from Tilden High School, Berte studied with a dentist, preparing for a life long battle with her children’s teeth.

Those children began appearing after her marriage to Jack Toppell, whom she met one weekend in the late and greatly lamented Borscht Circuit. They married with firecrackers going off on Jan. 1, 1942. After Jack’s medical discharge from the Army Air Corps, they brought their first-born, Ken, and infant Dorothy to Miami, where Cynthia was born. There they lived for the next 20 years.

There were moves to Atlanta and Birmingham, before settling in Houston. Jack was a world-class runner, but couldn’t outrun the effects of Parkinson’s disease, and died in 1993. Berte stayed in Houston until ill health forced her move to Plano, Texas, where she passed away on the Fourth of July, 2018, amidst the firecrackers. She was out of pain.

She is survived by her children, Ken (Loretta) Toppell, Dorothy (Stan) Ramati and Cynthia (Murray) Brott. She had seven grandchildren, one for every day of the week: Scott Toppell, Brenna Vivier, Phillip Ramati and Alex Ramati. Joshua Brott, Ashley Trujillo and Russell Brott. This brood issued another 11 great-grandchildren to the family firm of Jack and Berte Toppell.

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